Days 55-56

Day 55
Really got a move on starting the Sierra. Passed an official PCTA trail register on the way out of camp.

Large meadows that looked green up from a distance but was very scrubby up close.

We had lunch next to a bridge with tons of swallow nests under it.

Camped around 724

Day 56
Pushed to get to Cottonwood Pass trailhead to camp

Passed some soaking pool streams that Spicy said were all but dry in 2022.

Saw several bristlecone pine trees. The oldest living things on the planet. They look like they are from a different age. Some are up to 4,000 years old. Not sure if we saw any that old but they are very cool.

Getting off trail let us see the Golden Trout Wilderness. It had some beautiful water and meadows on the way down.

Camped on blue blaze off of mile 746.5Read more